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DAIMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does daimon mean?
• DAIMON (noun)
The noun DAIMON has 1 sense:
1. an evil supernatural being
Familiarity information: DAIMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An evil supernatural being
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
daemon; daimon; demon; devil; fiend
Hypernyms ("daimon" is a kind of...):
evil spirit (a spirit tending to cause harm)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "daimon"):
incubus (a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women)
succuba; succubus (a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men)
dibbuk; dybbuk ((Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior)
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